Category: M
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Millilitre
A unit of measurement of liquid equal to one thousandth of a litre.
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Miller-abbott tube
A tube with a balloon at the end, used to clear the small intestine. The balloon is inflated after the tip of the tube reaches an obstruction. A double channel intestinal tube used to relieve intestinal obstruction. Inserted through a nostril, the tube is passed through the stomach into the small intestine. A nasal catheter…
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Milky
Referring to liquid which is white like milk.
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Milk rash
A temporary blotchiness of the skin seen in young babies.
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Milk leg
Acute oedema of the leg, a condition which affects women after childbirth, where a leg becomes pale and inflamed as a result of lymphatic obstruction. Swelling and inflammation in the leg resulting from inflammation of the femoral vein, sometimes linked to childbirth.
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Milium
A white pinheadsized tumour on the face in adults. A retention cyst in infants. A cyst on the skin. A white nodule in the skin, particularly on the face. Up to 4 mm in diameter, milia are round masses of ‘keratin occurring just beneath the outer layer (epidermis) of the skin. A pinhead white cyst…
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Miliary
Small in size, like a seed. Describing or characterized by very small nodules or lesions, resembling millet seed. A term, expressing size, applied to various disease products which are about the size of millet seeds: for example, miliary aneurysms, miliary tuberculosis. A descriptive phrase used to describe conditions where the lesions are approximately the size…
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Mildly
Slightly, not strongly.
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Mild
Not severe, not cold, gentle.
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Migrainous
Referring to someone Who is subject to migraine attacks.